$29, $39, $49, yep, that’s the going rate for most of the turn by turn GPS apps for the iPhone. One of the advantages Android users love to hold up is the free built in GPS app on their phones.

Yesterday I used the Mapquest for Mobile app and I have to say I was pretty impressed with it. In the past some of the programs I’ve used have had a problem keeping up with navigation and were just pretty clunky. This app was good enough that I’m finally considering a dock for the dashboard or the suction cup style window clips. I input several locations and had no problem getting from place to place. The app has a reroute function so if you take a wrong turn the app will get you right back on the way. The only real negative I found is a common one. I was frustrated by the use of the state route names in place of the city street names for some roads. After all Abbe Rd is Rt 113, Center Ridge is also Rt. 20, there are plenty of similar examples.

The app has all the standard search functions that you would expect, need a restaurant, gas, location of a school, you name it.

Again, the real value on this one is the beauty of that always magical word…. free.